The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-12-24
COLT and 9umor.
rha Eleotion Of the Future.

When the right of suffrage is finally
given to women and they both vote and
hold Office, we may expect to hear candl-
dates for Office size up women at the
polls. -,
aWho are you going to vote for, Bessie?9
ooh, really don't know. But don't
you think Its just perfectly lovely for us to
have the right to vote at all 7?
''0h, it's too awfully jolly for anything
But, do you know was just worried to
death for fear Madam FIFTEEN wouldn't
have my dress done in time for cleo
ton day.
aBut she did, | see and it's just lovely.
I was worried awfully over my election
bonnet, but it came at the last moment or
l wouldn't have come near the polls, are
you going to'vote for Mamie Berkeley for
city treasurer ?"
No, I'm not; we've been 'out' for long
time, and think she is just horrid.
II think so too; she dresses away be-
yond her means now. and thered be no
living in the same town with her if she
was city treasurer. What do you think OF
Mrs. St. John for Mayor"
"Oh, l think she'd be lovely. She has
such queenly manner, and dresses in such
perfect taste; but most OF the girls are vot-
ing for Howard Percy for Mayor; he's so
handsome, you know"
s0h, yes, but then he's so eoneeited and
such a dreadful firt. He's engaged him
self to half the girls in town just to secure
their votes"
"The mean, horrid thing p
"What do you think of Mrs. Ranter for
Congress ?"
II think she'd better stay at home
and look after her children. There's six
or seven of them running around here now
peddling out her tickets. Do tell me,
jamie, are my frizzes all coming out?'
s'No, they look nicely. How arc miner
"Lovely Your hair dose frizz so beau
tifully. Look at Mr. Meeks electioneering
for his wife for representative. They say
if she's elected she's going to leave her six
weeks -old baby at home with him while
she goes to the capitol for legislative SEES
sion"
"Think of it and won't she dress,
though I'd vote for Hugh Vaudeville,
but they say he is engaged to Helen Smyth,
and | can't endure her. She's around
here some place trying to get the other
girls to vote for Hugh.
81 call that cheeky But shan't vote
for him. Margie Montague is my candi-
date. She's going to invite me to Wash
ington, if she's elected.
CHOW lovely that will be! I've half a
mind to vote for Margie myself. Do you
know Belle Fielding and Libbie Lavelle
have had an awful quarrel over the Office
of city councilman ?"
"No? How perfectly dreadful !"
"Isn't it? Libbie accused Belle of buy
ing up votes with French bon-bons and
boxes of kid gloves and Belle told right
out before everybody that eight of Hbbie's
upper teeth were false and that her lovely
waves were not her own hair.
Chow mean of Belle! If was Libbie,
I'd never forgive her. l intended voting
for Belle, but | shan't now cannotcon
scienti Justly vote for girl who deliberate
ly gives another girl away in that shame
full manner. Its a mercy she didn't know
about Libbie, or the poor girl might have
been mortified clear out Of the campaign
l shall scratch Belle"
Give scratched about everybody on my
ticket"
$50 have L Most of the girls running
for office are SO horrid.
$50 they are.